PROMOTING ANIOMA CULTURE:THE ONU IKA EXAMPLE

- Emeka Esogbue

Established in 1988, the Ika Organization of Leaders, which later transformed into Onu Ika (Voice of Ika) by name, is a group for the people of Ika South and Ika North-East local government areas within the Delta North of Delta State. It holds an annual lecture in what it calls "Ogwa Ika."

The Onu Ika Nigeria is an example of an Anioma group that has supported the advancement of the Ika culture in particular and Anioma in general through different programmes and different platforms available to it. It was not therefore surprising that the foremost group of the people launched the Ika dictionary also called Ekukwo Oku Nkowa in Owa in 2017.

The purpose of this piece throws up the 17th annual OFAAC Festival that was spectacularly held yesterday, April 18, 2022, inside the Arcade Centre in Asaba, Delta State, and the esteemed contributions of Onu Ika. It is historic that Onu Ika, deriving its mandate from the people of Ika and commanding huge respect, has since its foundation, played beneficial roles towards the success of OFAAC on annual basis.

Interestingly, Onu Ika and the people of Ika were on the ground yesterday not only to support the 17th edition but to also fully participate in the program, helping to ensure the watertight relations between the Organization For the Advancement of Anioma Culture, the culture umbrella of the Anioma people and the Ika nation.

The OFAAC Festival of yesterday and the previous editions would never have been complete without the support and participation of Onu Ika, the Voice of the people of Ika.

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